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DR Congo Declares End of Two-Year Mpox Outbreak That Claimed Over 2,200 Lives

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Health Ministry Announces Victory After 161,000 Suspected Cases and International Vaccination Campaign The Democratic Republic of Congo has officially declared the end of its two-year mpox outbreak, marking a significant public health victory after a disease that infected more than 161,000 people and claimed the lives of over 2,200 across the vast Central African nation. […]

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Afreximbank’s 0 Billion Gulf Crisis Shield: Africa and the Caribbean Brace Together

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The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) has announced it will make available up to 0 billion under its Gulf Crisis Response Programme (GCRP) to shield African and Caribbean economies from the economic shockwaves of the escalating conflict in the Middle East. The announcement represents one of the most significant multilateral financial responses ever assembled to protect

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Burkina Faso’s Invisible Crisis: More Than 1,800 Civilians Killed Since 2023

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Burkina Faso has been engulfed in a jihadist insurgency since 2015, but a new Human Rights Watch report has brought into sharp focus the catastrophic human cost that has accumulated since 2023: more than 1,800 civilians killed by a combination of government forces and jihadist armed groups. A Conflict With No Distinguishing Heroes Human Rights

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Ghana Makes History: Free Visas for All Africans Starting May 2026

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In a move that has electrified pan-African circles and drawn admiration from across the continent, Ghana has announced that it will grant visa-free entry to all African nationals starting May 25, 2026. The policy, described by the Ghanaian government as a tangible expression of the African Union's founding vision, makes Ghana one of the most

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DR Congo: M23 Offensive Leaves Civilians Caught at a Breaking Point

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The eastern Democratic Republic of Congo is once again at the center of one of Africa's most devastating and enduring humanitarian crises. Fighting between the Congolese national army (FARDC), allied local armed groups, and the M23 rebel movement — which international observers and the United Nations say is backed by Rwanda — has reached a

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Nigeria’s Dangote Refinery Reshapes West Africa’s Energy Independence

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Nigeria's 1 billion Dangote Refinery, inaugurated in May 2023 in the Lekki Free Zone near Lagos, has become the continent's most significant bet on energy sovereignty. With a refining capacity of 650,000 barrels per day, it is the world's largest single-train refinery — a distinction that has shifted the calculus of West Africa's reliance on

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Senegal’s Harsh Anti-Gay Law Threatens to Undo Decades of Progress in the Fight Against HIV

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When Senegal’s parliament approved one of Africa’s most punitive anti-LGBT laws in March 2026, advocates for people living with HIV feared the worst. Their concerns are now being confirmed. New data suggests that access to testing, treatment, and prevention services for vulnerable populations has collapsed, threatening to unravel one of sub-Saharan Africa’s most celebrated HIV

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The Quiet Extinction of the African Penguin: 62,000 Starved to Death in a Single Year

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In the cold waters off the coast of South Africa, a species that has survived for millions of years is dying at a rate that alarms even the most seasoned conservationists. More than 62,000 African penguins starved to death in South Africa’s major breeding colonies over the past year — the latest in a decades-long

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Africa Braces as Middle East Conflict Sends Shockwaves Through Continents Already Stretched to Breaking Point

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As the conflict between Israel and Iran escalates into what analysts are now calling the most consequential geopolitical crisis of the decade, African nations are discovering they are far from immune — even from a war being fought thousands of miles away in the Persian Gulf. The ripple effects of the Iran conflict are being

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Burkina Faso’s Military Ruler Dismisses Democracy as ‘Unworkable’ for His Country

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Burkina Faso’s military leader, Captain Ibrahim Traore, has publicly declared that democracy is simply not suited to his country, telling journalists that citizens should abandon expectations of representative governance while his regime focuses on what he calls “security and sovereignty.” The blunt remarks, made during a press conference in Ouagadougou in early April 2026, represent

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Four Children Killed in Horrific Machete Attack at Kampala Nursery School

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In one of the most shocking crimes to hit Uganda’s capital in recent years, a man disguised as a parent infiltrated a nursery school in Kampala and fatally stabbed four children aged three and under with a machete before fleeing the scene. The attack occurred at a pre-primary facility in Kampala on the afternoon of

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